The Tacoma
News Tribune covered marijuana entrepreneurs in Denver.
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More than 100 people showed up for an event organized by the National Cannabis Industry Association as a mixer for its members and a send-off for an employee.
The trade association added members at the rate of two a day in the first month of Colorado retail pot sales, deputy director Taylor West said. Its national membership rolls soared from 150 to 430 in the past year.
Many of the members gathered at Jonesy’s Eat Bar had little or no direct contact with marijuana.
Amy Poinsett’s company makes tracking systems. Andy Joseph makes the machines that extract highly potent oil from the plants. Brian Vicente’s law firm does nothing but marijuana law. Jordan Dietrich has started a company he hopes will raise money to lend to businesses.
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